Duvel Moortgat

Jan-Leonard Moortgat founded the brewery in 1871 in the province of Antwerp; it stands in Breendonk. After the First World War the family named its main beer Victory Ale, until a drinker in the 1920s called it nen echten duvel, a real devil in Brabantian Dutch. Duvel, brewed with Pilsner malt, dextrose, Saaz and Styrian Goldings hops and a yeast from a Scottish culture, is the original Belgian golden strong ale. The family-controlled group bought half of Bernard in 2001, Achouffe in 2006, Liefmans in 2008, De Koninck in 2010 and Boulevard of Kansas City in 2014.